Turin Brakes | Optimist LP | CD

Turin Brakes is a folk rock band from London, UK. The band was founded in 1999 as a duo.

The Optimist LP is a 1 disc CD album by Turin Brakes, released on the Anvil label in 2001. Turin Brakes produced the album and Al Stone mixed it. Gale Paridjanian, Olly Knights and Turin Brakes are credited as writers and performers, with Andy Newmark on drums and Phil Passera on bass.